Memorial on Dog Mountain

Visting Aunt Pat after the hike 

Even the dog was tired.

Brenda and Shauna in the wildflowers. 

The four hikers

                         The view from part way up. Incentive to go all the way to the top!

To remember our mom  this year, on the anniversary of her death, we hiked Dog Mountain in the Columbia River Gorge.  We each read letters that we had written to mom. Even Shauna wrote one...it was amazing how much she knew about her even though they had never met,  just from working with Linda this year.  It was very special and healing. We forgot to bring kleenex, but other than that it was a perfect day.